Abstract: Firearm discharge location systems and methods are described. According to one aspect, a firearm discharge location system includes a plurality of microphones spaced from one another, timing circuitry configured to generate a plurality of asynchronous timing references, wherein data capture operations with respect to the microphones of a first pair are synchronized with one another using a first of the timing references and data capture operations with respect to the microphones of a second pair are synchronized with one another using a second of the timing references, and processing circuitry configured to use outputs of the first and second pairs of the microphones to identify a location of a firearm discharge.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor package including a circuit board, a semiconductor chip on the circuit board, a heat dissipation member adjacent to the semiconductor chip, and a heat transmission member between the semiconductor chip and the heat dissipation member, the heat transmission member including a resin insulating body and phase change metal particles connected to each other in the resin insulating body, wherein the phase change metal particles connect the semiconductor chip and the heat dissipation member, the phase change metal particles being configured to transmit heat generated by the semiconductor chip to the heat dissipation member.

Abstract: A composite metal foil and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The composite metal foil includes at least a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The first metal layer is copper foil, nickel foil, stainless steel foil, or a combination thereof. The second metal layer is disposed on a surface of the first metal layer. A contact angle of a surface of the second metal layer to liquid lithium metal is lower than 90 degrees.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an inspection robot system for the customs inspection of container-loaded cargo. The inspection robot system includes: an attachment-type mobile robot configured to drive in the state of being attached to the top surface of a container; and a flexible robot system configured to interface with the attachment-type mobile robot, to selectively accommodate and extend a flexible robot having multiple degrees of freedom, and to perform inspection on cargo.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing localized fat deposits in a subject in need thereof in need thereof by topically treating the subject with rare-earth element doped calcium carbonate particles in combination with low-intensity ultrasound. The rare-earth element doped calcium carbonate particles have good biocompatibility and can increase reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and produce carbon dioxide (CO2) and calcium ions (Ca2+) in the region of administration under the ultrasonic irradiation. The method of the present invention is effective in inducing adipocyte necrosis, inhibiting adipogenesis, and decreasing body weight and useful for body sculpture.

Abstract: A method, scheduling server and system for improving automated scheduling are provided. The automated scheduling is at least partially based on user settings input by users includes: obtaining user settings for the users, the user settings defining user preferences and personal constraints of each user, obtaining system boundary conditions from a schedule goal and technical conditions to achieve a desired goal and calculating a schedule. The acceptance probabilities for alternative user settings are predicted. At least one alternative user setting is selected and an alternative schedule for each selected alternative setting is calculated. The alternative schedules are compared to the initially calculated schedule with respect to quality measure. After reading in the user's response to the suggested alternative setting another alternative setting is selected in case the user declined, or the systems proceeds with accepting the alternative setting as obtained user specific setting.

Abstract: Provided is a quantum imaging device. The device includes a first light source configured to generate first light, a first photon pair generation part configured to generate a first entangled photon pair using the first light, a first beam splitter configured to separate the first entangled photon pair into a first signal idler and a first signal line, a first detector configured to receive the first signal idler, a first mirror configured to provide the first signal line to a target, a second detector configured to receive the first signal line transmitted or reflected to the target, and a signal processor connected to the first and second detectors and configured to obtain a target image by comparing a measurement image with a reference image.

Abstract: A hydride ion conductor is represented by: MAMBH4-xFx??Formula (1), where MA is selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba, MB is selected from the group consisting of Mg and Ca, and is different from MA, and x is 0<x<4.

Abstract: A composition for inhibiting intestinal permeability, treating leaky gut related diseases and/or preventing leaky gut related diseases including a Chinese herbal compound material or a Chinese herbal compound extract is provided. The Chinese herbal compound material includes Ganoderma, red jujube, longan and lotus seed. Moreover, the Chinese herbal compound extract includes a Ganoderma extract, a red jujube extract, a longan extract and a lotus seed extract.

Abstract: The abstract below has been amended in order to comply with USPTO requirements. Application respectfully requests to replace any prior versions of the abstract with the following: An encryption key generating device includes a shared key separator separating a shared key into a first key and a second key and storing the first key in a non-volatile memory and storing the second key in a volatile memory; a key extender extending the second key to the same key length as that of the first key and storing the second key extended as a third key in the volatile memory; a key calculator calculating an encryption key by an exclusive-OR of the first key and the third key and storing it in the volatile memory.

Abstract: There is provided a system for intelligent industrial safety monitoring. The system includes a global monitoring unit configured to generate first monitoring information by globally monitoring a work area of an industrial site, a local monitoring unit attached to a work object at work within the work area and configured to generate second monitoring information by monitoring a surrounding area of the work object, a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from the global monitoring unit and the local monitoring unit, and a first controller configured to generate information on a location of the work object based on the first monitoring information and track a moving path of the work object and at least one second controller configured to predict an at-risk object that has approached within a predetermined distance of the work object based on the second monitoring information.

Abstract: The computing device receives data for a plurality of events that includes a timestamp associated with a digital traffic campaign in an event processing system. Based on the timestamp of the data for each event, the computing device executes operations comprising: applying filtering using digital signal processing to the event count for the combined data for each of the one or more intervals, executing a model to compute one or more backward difference approximations for the one or more candidate systems time constants from the evaluated exponential curve, and selecting a system time constant that predicts a first time instant wherein the data for the plurality of events approaches a point on a horizontal asymptote for the evaluated exponential curve. The computing device determines an epoch for the selected system time constant and outputs the determined epoch for the selected system time constant in the graphical user interface.

Abstract: FRET-based analytes detection and related methods and systems are described where a pair of FRET labeled primers and/or oligonucleotides are used that are specific for target sequences located at a distance up to four time the Forster distance of the FRET chromophores presented on the FRET labeled primers and/or oligonucleotides one with respect to the other in one or more polynucleotide analyte; in particular the pair of FRET labeled primers and/or oligonucleotides is combined with a sample and subjected to one or more polynucleotide amplification reactions before measuring FRET signals from at least one FRET chromophore.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a digital holographic microscope which is robust to an external environment. According to an aspect of the present embodiment, there is provided an optical system for a digital holographic microscope, the optical system including a beam splitter which reflects a light radiated from a light source toward an object, or passes a light reflected from and traveling from the object; an objective lens focusing the light reflected by the beam splitter on the object; a transflective mirror which is located on the surface of the objective lens and is determined to be transparent or reflective depending on a polarization direction of a light incident to the transflective mirror; and a wave plate which converts the light passing through the beam splitter into a circularly polarized light.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a glasses-type augmented reality apparatus, and system with compact dimensions. An aspect of the present embodiment provides an augmented reality apparatus which provides a wearer with a digital holographic image incident from the outside as a holographic image, the apparatus including a plurality of holographic optical elements (HOEs) arranged in the form of concentric circles having different radii inside an optical configuration worn by the wearer to diffract the incident digital holographic image and provide the diffracted digital holographic image to the wearer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polarized light generating device based on an optical waveguide, which includes first to fourth input optical waveguides, respectively, for receiving input light from an outside, first to fifth optical splitters configured to receive at least one light and output the received at least one light as at least one light, and an optical converter configured to receive at least one light from the fifth optical splitter and convert the received light to generate polarized light. The polarized light generating device receives the input light through one of the first to fourth input optical waveguides, and generates a first polarized light, a second polarized light, a third polarized light, and a fourth polarized light. The first to fourth polarized lights belong to elements of two arbitrary two-dimensional mutually unbiased basis sets.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless communication system, specifically, an apparatus and method for configuring a primary cell carrier/secondary cell carrier (PCC/SCC) prioritization only based on extremely partial channel state information in a wireless communication system. Specifically, a method of operating a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes: transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS) or channel state information (CSI) to a base station; receiving a signal from the base station on the basis of the SRS or the CSI; and estimating a number of multi-paths using a neural network for the received signal, wherein the estimating of the number of multi-paths includes: re-shaping the received signal; extracting a singular value of the reshaped signal; and estimating the number of multi-paths based on the extracted singular value.

Abstract: A hydride ion conductor represented by a general formula: Ba2-x-mAxMg1-y-nByH6-x-y-2m-2n??(1), wherein A and B are each selected from at least one or more of the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs, and 0?x?1, 0?y?1, 0?m?0.2, and 0?n?0.2, excluding a case where x=y=m=n=0.

Abstract: A motor control method for coupled an electronic vehicle is provided. The motor controller controls a motor and is powered by a battery. The motor control method includes: when a main relay of the motor controller suddenly breaks contact, in a first phase, feeding back a surge current into the battery to suppress the surge current by a diode and a first current limit resistor of a first protecting circuit of the motor controller; and, in a second phase, conducting a discharge switch of a second protecting circuit of the motor controller by a control unit of the motor controller, and releasing the surge current to a reference voltage range by the discharge switch and a second current limit resistor of the second protecting circuit.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to the inhibition of cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation in immunosuppressed subjects, including subjects receiving hematopoietic or solid organ transplants. The present invention is particularly relevant for the treatment of CMV reactivation or infection in subjects with graft-versus-hosts disease (GVHD) or under immunosuppressive therapy.